Monday, June 2, 2014

Testing, Testing

Waiting. Waiting. 
Why does it take so much 
     Waiting. 
And now there's a child 
     In a stroller -
Why is there always 
     A child in a stroller 
     And why 
Do they always 
Sit by me ?

As I wait to 
Determine 
If I live or die 
And how much trouble 
     It will be. 

Tests 
In the old days 
Did not involve 
Blood 

Pencil and paper
In those days -
But I would still
Worry mightily 

At least 
There is no studying 
For this -
No late nights 
Of panic 

But yes. 
Late nights of fear 
Of a different variety

Life and death 
Draw
Closer together 

It is destined 
To be so 
It is written 
It is the way it is
One cannot fight 
     Progress!

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